Applied educational practice and research development of ‘goals of best practice’ (GsBP): philosophical inquiries and conceptual analysis for consideration
In educational settings, the notion of ‘achieving optimal best’ in a subject matter (e.g., an elementary school student's achievement in her Year 6 Science project) is relevant for educators to consider. Optimal best, or optimal functioning, reflects the proactivity, positivity, and motivation...
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| description | In educational settings, the notion of ‘achieving optimal best’ in a subject matter (e.g., an elementary school student's achievement in her Year 6 Science project) is relevant for educators to consider. Optimal best, or optimal functioning, reflects the proactivity, positivity, and motivation of a person. How does a student achieve optimal best in Calculus? Our extensive research of optimal best has recognized the potency of the process of human optimization, which may operate to explain a person's successful experience and achievement of optimal best. Recently, researchers have considered another theoretical concept, which is termed as ‘goals of best practice’ (i.e., abbreviated as ‘GsBP’). Goals of best practice, in brief, are personal goals that a person may construct and set for a particular context. Specifically, however, a ‘personal goal’ may indicate and espouse a person's plan of intent to either remain on course without any desire or aspiration (i.e., ‘goal of actual best’, denoted as ‘GAB’) or, alternatively, to strive for maximization (i.e., ‘goal of optimal best’, denoted as ‘GOB’). This article is theoretical and conceptual, reflecting the use of the paradigm of philosophical psychology to advance the study of the concept of GsBP. Specifically, we contend that our conceptual analysis of GsBP, entailing both GAB and GOB may provide a logical basis and rationale for the proposition of educational implications for consideration and inquiries for continuing research development. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-38a095d8474545f29eb7823541f41fde2022-12-22T00:22:48ZengElsevierHeliyon2405-84402022-06-0186e09689Applied educational practice and research development of ‘goals of best practice’ (GsBP): philosophical inquiries and conceptual analysis for considerationHuy P. Phan0Bing H. Ngu1Antonio Granero-Gallegos2Brenton P. Mensforth3School of Education, Faculty of Humanities, Arts, Social Sciences, Education (HASSE), University of New England, Armidale, NSW, 2351, Australia; Corresponding author.School of Education, Faculty of Humanities, Arts, Social Sciences, Education (HASSE), University of New England, Armidale, NSW, 2351, AustraliaUniversity of Almería, SpainSchool of Education, Faculty of Humanities, Arts, Social Sciences, Education (HASSE), University of New England, Armidale, NSW, 2351, AustraliaIn educational settings, the notion of ‘achieving optimal best’ in a subject matter (e.g., an elementary school student's achievement in her Year 6 Science project) is relevant for educators to consider. Optimal best, or optimal functioning, reflects the proactivity, positivity, and motivation of a person. How does a student achieve optimal best in Calculus? Our extensive research of optimal best has recognized the potency of the process of human optimization, which may operate to explain a person's successful experience and achievement of optimal best. Recently, researchers have considered another theoretical concept, which is termed as ‘goals of best practice’ (i.e., abbreviated as ‘GsBP’). Goals of best practice, in brief, are personal goals that a person may construct and set for a particular context. Specifically, however, a ‘personal goal’ may indicate and espouse a person's plan of intent to either remain on course without any desire or aspiration (i.e., ‘goal of actual best’, denoted as ‘GAB’) or, alternatively, to strive for maximization (i.e., ‘goal of optimal best’, denoted as ‘GOB’). This article is theoretical and conceptual, reflecting the use of the paradigm of philosophical psychology to advance the study of the concept of GsBP. Specifically, we contend that our conceptual analysis of GsBP, entailing both GAB and GOB may provide a logical basis and rationale for the proposition of educational implications for consideration and inquiries for continuing research development.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S240584402200977XOptimal bestGoals of best practiceOptimizationPositive psychologyFramework of achievement bestsProfiling |
| spellingShingle | Huy P. Phan Bing H. Ngu Antonio Granero-Gallegos Brenton P. Mensforth Applied educational practice and research development of ‘goals of best practice’ (GsBP): philosophical inquiries and conceptual analysis for consideration Heliyon Optimal best Goals of best practice Optimization Positive psychology Framework of achievement bests Profiling |
| title | Applied educational practice and research development of ‘goals of best practice’ (GsBP): philosophical inquiries and conceptual analysis for consideration |
| title_full | Applied educational practice and research development of ‘goals of best practice’ (GsBP): philosophical inquiries and conceptual analysis for consideration |
| title_fullStr | Applied educational practice and research development of ‘goals of best practice’ (GsBP): philosophical inquiries and conceptual analysis for consideration |
| title_full_unstemmed | Applied educational practice and research development of ‘goals of best practice’ (GsBP): philosophical inquiries and conceptual analysis for consideration |
| title_short | Applied educational practice and research development of ‘goals of best practice’ (GsBP): philosophical inquiries and conceptual analysis for consideration |
| title_sort | applied educational practice and research development of goals of best practice gsbp philosophical inquiries and conceptual analysis for consideration |
| topic | Optimal best Goals of best practice Optimization Positive psychology Framework of achievement bests Profiling |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S240584402200977X |
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